29
Oct
2009
Posted in I - Series C, Q - 3Q09, R - WEST, X - Biofuel, XX - CA
LS9 (San Carlos, CA) a development-stage biofuels company focused on synthetic biology fermentation approach to convert renewable feedstocks to petroleum equivalents, closed a $25M Series C financing. Participants include CTTV Investments, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Flagship Ventures and Khosla Ventures.
05
Oct
2009
Posted in I - Series C, Q - 3Q09, R - WEST, X - Biofuel, X - Malaria, XX - CA
Amyris Biotechnologies (Emeryville, CA) a development-stage biofuels company focused on metabolic pathway transformations of plant-based feedstocks into different isoprenoids, closed a $24.8M Series C financing. Participants include Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures and TPGBiotech.
29
Jun
2009
Posted in I - Series C, Q - 2Q09, R - WEST, X - Biofuel, XX - CA
Solazyme (San Francisco, CA) a development-stage biofuels company focused on the bioproduction of microalgae molecules for the energy, chemical, and nutraceutical industries, closed a $57M Series C financing. Participants include Braemar Energy Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, VantagePoint Venture Partners, Roda Group and Harris & Harris Group.
22
Jun
2009
05
May
2009
26
Apr
2009
Posted in I - Series B, Q - 2Q09, R - ROCKY MOUNTAIN, X - Biofuel, X - Metabolism, XX - CO
OPX Biotechnologies (Boulder, CO) a research-stage biofuels company using synthetic biology to engineer the microbes as a renewable fuel source, added to their Series B financing bringing the round up to $17.5M. Participants include Braemar Energy Ventures, Altira Group, Mohr Davidow Ventures and X/Seed Capital.
17
Feb
2009